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a blink of an eye to the nature of things

by Free Pantone Trio

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1.
Pantone A 05:17
2.
Everything 11:03
3.
Pantone B 09:25
4.
Evaporates 05:53
5.
Pantone C 08:41
6.
Pantone D 06:56
7.
Pantone E 08:29

about

FMR records, September 2018
All music improvised in studio. No overdubs.

Recording, mixing and mastering at Diogo Sotto-Mayor Estúdio
Recorded in Lisbon on the 23rd of April of 2018.


"The promotion of the Free Pantone Trio, a Portuguese group formed by Manuel Guimarães (piano), Rui Sousa (bass guitar) and João Valinho (drums), presents the project as a trans-idiomatic experience, but if indeed the music we listen in this debut album incorporates aspects of several musical languages ​​(those of contemporary music, especially by the pianist, and rock, via the bassist, who once dedicated himself to interpret / convert Frank Zappa), something that is immediately evident in the themes of The Blink of an Eye to the Nature of Things is the jazz affiliation. The strategies are those of improvised music, but the matrix is ​​undoubtedly in jazz. Still, it is not the coordinates of the "piano jazz trio" that we find here: quite simply, the formation does not accept the hierarchical organization that comes with this model, preferring the equality and autonomy of the instrumental roles, as a result of the harmolodic games proposed by Ornette Coleman.

The influence of this is out there and also not because we are in the presence of a bass guitar, and not the usual (in jazz) bass, that there is some ancestry of a Steve Swallow, the main reference when we come across a situation. Fortunately, the avoidance of this disk is the application of stereotypes. Sousa and Valinho are very well in this "debut", but what most charms us is the work developed by Guimarães. Always with a free approach, congregated on the heritage of free jazz, what we hear has more connections with Paul Bley than with Cecil Taylor, which is not at all customary in the present scenario. The lyricism and the delicacy of its pianistic constructions coexist with a very rhythmic and even percussive sense, appearing this with weight, account and measure, albeit in a very natural way. And yes, decisively contributing to the immense pantone color catalog that music gives us." Rui Eduardo Paes, Jazz.pt

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released November 2, 2019

Recorded at Diogo Sotto-Mayor Estúdio, Lisbon
Mix and master by Diogo Sotto-Mayor and Rui Sousa

Rui Sousa, electric bass
Manuel Guimarães, piano
João Valinho, drums

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